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Push for local investors

MANY Latrobe Valley investors do not understand the benefits of buying up local real estate, leaving the profits largely to external investors who take the money "out of the area".

Grow Master blaze stuns staff

STAFF at a Traralgon business were stunned when at 9am this morning a loud explosion was heard and smoke quickly filled their store.

Rally against CFA cuts continue

Morwell firefighters are enduring an unsafe working environment in a station plagued with drainage problems, despite flagging the issue with management 12 months ago.

Council to retain MELC

THE former Moe Early Learning Centre will be retained as a community asset after a majority of councillors at Monday's Latrobe City Council meeting voted in favour of rescinding a motion to sell it to Latrobe Community Health Services.

Family violence referrals swamp health service

ALMOST 1500 incidents of family violence have been referred to Latrobe Community Health Service in the past year, with police referral numbers rising significantly on the previous year.

Promise to rally for change

The State Government has been warned to brace itself for an intensified campaign against budget cuts to the public and education sector, after local unions committed to voice their ongoing opposition to the cuts in the new year.

‘Ramping’ rates increase for ambos

THE number of hours ambulances spent queued at Latrobe Regional Hospital more than tripled in 2011/12 compared with the previous year, according to figures released by the State Opposition.

Funding to strengthen Latrobe

LATROBE Regional Hospital has secured $700,000 through a State Government grant for a new purpose-built home for its ambulatory sub-acute services.

Blowout ‘inevitable’

A BLOWOUT in Latrobe Regional Hospital's elective surgery waiting lists over coming months is inevitable in the face of a $2.2 million revenue cut from the Federal Government.

Green light for supported housing

LENGTHY bureaucratic delays threatening a proposal for Latrobe Valley-based supported ac com modation for people with a mental illness were finally resolved last week.

Bureaucratic blockade

BUREAUCRATIC challenges have been blamed for the 18 homes which remain unbuilt after being destroyed in the 2009 bushfires which swept through the region.

Show extravaganza

WHIPCRACKING and a Friday night fireworks extravaganza underscored this year's Traralgon show, which wrapped up on Saturday afternoon at the Traralgon Showgrounds.

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